27/01/2021 2020 has been a catastrophic year in terms of food security. According to the FAO, the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to contribute to existing malnourishment figures, raising the number of malnourished people from 699 million in 2019 to 822 million in 2020. Apart from putting an additional 132 million people at risk of malnourishment,
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25/01/2021 When Yoshihide Suga became Prime Minister (PM) of Japan on 16 September 2020, many wondered what the transition of power would mean for Japan. Would there simply be a continuation of Abe-style policymaking, or was the new PM to significantly impact Japanese politics? Suga was widely expected to continue the status quo. This has
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Our EIAS Newsletter of January 2021 is out now. You can read it here 06/01/2021 With the holidays just behind us, our EIAS team wishes you all the best for the new year and gladly presents you the first EIAS newsletter of the year, including the report and online link to our latest webinar and a
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06/01/2021 With the outbreak of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Mongolia was expected to be one of the countries to experience a high increase in contagion numbers given its proximity to China. Yet, this has not been the case. Mongolia counted a surprisingly low rate of infections and barely any deadly cases. Despite all efforts,
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06/01/2020 On 15th November 2020, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was signed between the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), plus five of its FTA members in the Asia-Pacific; China, Australia, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand. As a result, RCEP’s role will serve to ‘formalise existing
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5/1/2021 On 1 December 2020, a historic decision was announced on the occasion of the 23rd ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM). Forty-three years after the inauguration of the EU-ASEAN dialogue, the two major regional organizations elevated their Dialogue Partnership to an EU-ASEAN Strategic Partnership. In the spirit of shared values and mutual cooperation, this decision inaugurates
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18/12/2020 The crisis sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic turned out to be an inspiring one when considering green policies and sustainability. Many countries have welcomed recovery plans in response to the economic crisis emanating from the pandemic, prioritising economic reform and a more sustainable growth model. South Korea is certainly one of them. Immediately after
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17/12/2020 While the media spotlights were set on the 2020 US elections, the fifth Plenum of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was held in Beijing from 26 to 29 October 2020. This event has a tremendous significance not only in Chinese domestic policy, but also for its resonance with the
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27/11/2020 On 11 October 2020, the EU’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) screening mechanism, which entered into force in April 2019, officially became fully operational. The new framework embodies the EU’s necessity to level the playing field within its single market, especially with regard to state aid control, and to secure its strategic assets from investments
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20/11/2020 Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic has brought many societies and economies to a standstill across the world, it has also given governments an opportunity to assess their nations’ sustainability. The pandemic has shown how consequential one action can be on the rest of the world and how vulnerable our economies can be when faced
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